the highest common factor
1highest common factor — noun (C) technical the largest number that a set of numbers can be divided by exactly: the highest common factor of 12, 24 and 30 is 6 …
2highest common factor — ► NOUN ▪ the highest number that can be divided exactly into each of two or more numbers …
3highest common factor — noun the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers • Syn: ↑greatest common divisor, ↑greatest common factor • Hypernyms: ↑common divisor, ↑common factor, ↑common measure * * * ˌhighest common ˈfactor 7 [ …
4highest common factor — noun the highest number that can be divided exactly into each of two or more numbers …
5highest common factor — UK [ˌhaɪəst ˌkɒmən ˈfæktə(r)] / US [ˌhaɪəst ˌkɑmən ˈfæktər] noun [singular] maths the highest number that can be divided exactly into each number in a particular set …
6common factor — /kɒmən ˈfæktə/ (say komuhn faktuh) noun Mathematics an integer which is an exact divisor of two or more given integers. The highest common factor (or greatest common divisor) is the largest factor of a set of integers …
7highest common factor — noun the greatest number which is a factor (def. 2) of all the numbers in the group of numbers in question. Abbrev.: HCF, h.c.f …
8greatest common factor — noun the largest integer that divides without remainder into a set of integers • Syn: ↑greatest common divisor, ↑highest common factor • Hypernyms: ↑common divisor, ↑common factor, ↑common measure * * * noun …
9Factor analysis — is a statistical method used to describe variability among observed, correlated variables in terms of a potentially lower number of unobserved, uncorrelated variables called factors. In other words, it is possible, for example, that variations in …
10common measure — noun 1. a time signature indicating four beats to the bar • Syn: ↑common time, ↑four four time, ↑quadruple time • Hypernyms: ↑musical time 2. an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly • Syn: ↑ …
